Music: Diplomatic Notes

When the Flonzaley Quartet broke up
after 25 years (TIME, March 11, 1929), many saw in its demise the death
of most of what was left of Chamber Music in the U. S. Others
emphatically declared that the Flonzaley mantle had fallen on the
Musical Art Quartet. Last week this group bobbed up in the nation's
diplomatic news.

Despatches announced that on Aug. 1 the Musical Art Quartet will sail,
for Italy where they will play for the pleasure of U. S. Ambassador to
Italy John Work...